John Howard
Chief Executive Officer

John Howard is the Chief Executive Officer of Irving Place Capital. Prior to founding Irving Place Capital in 1997, Mr. Howard was the co-CEO of Vestar Capital Partners, a private investment firm specializing in management buyouts. Previously, Mr. Howard was a Senior Vice President and Partner of Wesray Capital Corporation, one of the foremost private equity sponsors and a pioneer in the leveraged buyout business.


Education
  • M.B.A from Yale School of Management
  • B.A. degree from Trinity College

Current portfolio company board seats
  • AĆ©ropostale, Inc.
  • Dots, LLC
  • Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.
  • New York & Company, Inc.
  • rag & bone, LLC

Representative former portfolio company board seats
  • Integrated Circuit Systems, Inc.
  • Nice-Pak Holdings, Inc.
  • NRT Incorporated
  • Safety 1st, Inc.
  • Seven For All Mankind, LLC
  • Standard Holdings, LLC
  • Stuart Weitzman, LLC
  • Universal Hospital Services, Inc.
  • Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.